David Rees
Birth date: June 22, 1972
David Rees's Books
This book's misleadingly-formatted table of contents led it to be catalogued in WorldCat under the names of the authors who are in fact the subjects of very tedious and shallow analysis by the actual sole author, David Rees. As his critical style consists of making unsupported Word of God pronouncem...
Consistently very funny, humor ranging from silly to profound. Rees actually has some valuable statements regarding craftsmanship that I could envision in cross-stitched samplers.I am sickened by the number of mechanical pencils on my desk.
Reading How to Sharpen Pencils is like the moment after your first non-Great Clips hair cut, your first time behind the wheel of a BMW, the taste of real crab meat after having only eaten imitation, using a Mac after years of being stuck on Windows or when you discover that a couple cubes of ice wil...
Before you read this book, you should check out these clips:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH12suXxjQYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8u4CEBVq7sIf you thought they were stupid and pointless, you're most likely not going to enjoy How To Sharpen Pencils. If you thought they were at least amusing, you'...
This could either be read as a mockery of the esty crowd or a meditation on what it takes to sharpen a pencil (really!). Either way, it's really really funny and quite informative. Did you know that metallic strip around the eraser bit of a pencil is called a "Ferrule"?
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